Jun 27, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital is at its busiest right now, but our team is never too busy to help an animal in need! A panicked pedestrian came to WildCare’s front gate, pointing at the creek behind him and saying that there was a skunk with a trap on her...
Jun 27, 2024 | Uncategorized, Wildlife Patient Stories
Peregrine Falcon Fledglings 2024 has been a banner year for young raptors at WildCare, including fledgling Peregrine Falcons. We have admitted and treated five of these extraordinary birds this summer. UPDATE: As we were writing this story, a sixth young Peregrine...
Jun 12, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
At WildCare we are always impressed at the lengths to which raptor parents will go to raise their young. In the week before Father’s Day, our thoughts have turned especially to raptor dads who work tirelessly to catch and bring food to their always-hungry...
May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized, Wildlife Patient Stories
Wildlife experts up and down the California coast are concerned that Brown Pelicans are facing another “stranding event” like the one we saw in 2022. That year, our partner organization International Bird Rescue (IBR) admitted over 350 emaciated pelicans,...
Apr 19, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Five baby skunks arrived at the Wildlife Hospital after being rescued from a freeway on-ramp! Fortunately a driver saw the five little skunks, tails high, marching up the on-ramp and managed to catch them before they got into oncoming traffic. Skunks at this age are...
Apr 18, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Although Great Horned Owls are very good parents, they aren’t exactly champion nest builders. In fact, these large owls don’t even build their own nests– they take over the already-built nests of other birds like hawks or ravens in which to raise...
